gaslighting — Zia Hassan

Function: The BIS is responsible for sensitivity to punishment, non-reward, and novel situations. It regulates avoidance behavior.
Emotional Responses: It is associated with feelings of anxiety, fear, and apprehension. When activated, it can lead to cautious or inhibited behavior.
Neurobiological Basis: The BIS is thought to involve brain regions such as the hippocampus and amygdala, which are associated with processing risk and fear.

Can be lying, deceptive, making people think they’re crazy when you’re just manipulating them.

But there is a low level version of it; shift the circumstances of the current situation into past mistakes. PLUS, laughible audacity, when the person reacts, you leverage that to invalidate what they’re saying.

Gaslighting protects some shame or label.

“you forgot to take out the trash” -> aggravates this feeling of I’m worthless, I’m forgetful, etc.

The solution is to heal that wound.